fen
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The Sacketts’ property was connected to a fen and, thence, to the lake, via a “shallow subsurface flow” of moisture, the agency advised, making it subject to the 1972 Clean Water Act.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
Catfield Fen, in the Ant Valley, along with nearby Sutton Fen, has 90% of the UK's rare fen orchids and swallowtail butterflies.
From BBC • May 9, 2022
She found, about 15 inches underground, partially decayed roots, twigs and the cold moisture of a fen.
From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2020
I would give anything to have written his parody of overstrained journalistic writing: “Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.”
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2018
The young man was riding mournfully through the fen country—which had not been drained in those days and was probably the wildest part of England.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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